Del Mar lifeguards looks over a capsized boat on the beach (Image: AP) SAN DIEGO: Federal officials filed charges Tuesday against five people in connection to a boat carrying migrants that capsized a day earlier off San Diego’s Pacific coast, killing three people, including a 14-year-old boy from India.The boy’s 10-year-old sister is still missing […]
India said early Wednesday that it had conducted strikes on Pakistan, two weeks after a deadly terror attack killed more than two dozen civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir. To understand the conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries, New York Times senior writer Katrin Bennhold spoke with our South Asia bureau chief, Mujib Mashal, to get his […]
NEW DELHI: India has launched a major military operation, codenamed Operation Sindoor, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK and in a direct response to the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 people dead, including 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen. Pahalgam Avenged: India Used Scalp Missiles, Hammer Bombs, Rafale Jets To Hit Pakistan […]
Indian-origin US Congressman says India has a right to defend its people, reacting to Operation Sindoor. Indian-origin Democrat Congressman Shri Thanedar, who was recently in the news for bringing articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump pushed for a deeper US-India cooperation in the aftermath of India’s Operation Sindoor against Pakistan.“Terrorism cannot be tolerated, and […]
17 killed in rain-related mishaps across Gujarat, several injured RAJKOT/AHMEDABAD/VADODARA: Unseasonal rain coupled with severe thunderstorms and powerful gusty wind gusts claimed 17 lives across Gujarat in the last 24 hours ending Tuesday morning. Four casualties were reported in Kheda district, three each in Vadodara city and Dahod district, two each in Ahmedabad and Aravalli, […]
PM Modi and Mallikarjun Kharge (R) NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had intelligence about the impending terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, but did not share the information with security forces.Addressing a rally in Ranchi, Kharge linked the postponement of PM Modi’s April 19 visit […]
NEW DELHI: India ranked at 130 out of 193 countries in 2023 on the human development index marking a 3 point improvement from 133 in the previous year. According to UNDP’s human development report 2025 released today, India also showed progress in reducing gender inequality finding itself ranked at 102 on the gender inequality index […]
Selection panel ‘differs’, CBI chief may get 1-year extension NEW DELHI: CBI director Praveen Sood is likely to get one-year extension of service amid indications that there was lack of unanimity among the selection committee’s members – PM Narendra Modi, CJI Sanjeev Khanna and LoP Rahul Gandhi – during a meeting on Monday. Sources said […]
This is a representational image CHANDIGARH: Punjab assembly will hold a special session Monday as the decades-old water-sharing dispute with Haryana reignited. The session follows Centre’s directive for Punjab to release an additional 4,500 cusecs a day to Haryana from Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) reservoirs for eight days.The move, adding to the existing 4,000 […]
Pakistan will use the “full spectrum of power, both conventional and nuclear” in response to any Indian military action or interference with its water supply, its ambassador to Russia, Muhammad Khalid Jamali said. His comments come amid spiralling tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following the April 22 terrorist attack in J&K’s Pahalgam that killed […]
